Finish "Looking Critically at Paintings" worksheet,
Materials due - Last day for full credit. Materials must be presented in entirety.
Wednesday, September 1
Preparations - Warrants Chart - Examine the 5 paintings in the text for supportive warrants.
Step 4 - Critical Thinking - Idea tumbling with your own experience
Homework -
Finish the Preparation - Critical Thinking chart and fill in your Claim
Be sure to bring your Independent Reading book (immigrants or oppression, fiction or non-fiction) to get Reading credit.
Thursday, September 2
Reading Minutes and Journaling
Using your Critical Thinking chart, begin writing the draft of your formal letter of recommendation. Explain each need (evidence), reason (warrant), and example that you have chosen for Mrs. Rogers' understanding.
Homework - Finished draft of letter to be collected on Tuesday, September 7.
Friday, September 3 Teacher Institute Day - No School for Students
Week of September 6
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Monday, September 6 Labor Day - No School Tuesday, September 7
End of Week 2 Gradesheet - signed for 5 Extra Credit points
Period 2 - Drafting the Body paragraphs of your formal letter
Review the letter format page
Painting title and artist - Body paragraph 2
Attention to specific details
Reading Minutes and Journaling
Homework:
Signed gradesheet for Extra Credit
Following Critical Thinking chart, write body paragraphs of formal letter of recommendation. Explain each hospital need (evidence), 4 reasons (warrants), and specific examples from the painting for Mrs. Rogers' selection.
Include transitions, specific details
Finish draft to type in the LRC on Wednesday
Periods 5 and 6 -
Turn in 1st draft of body paragraphs
The Writing Process - Adding Transitions and Specific Details
Review formal letter format page - Opening, Body paragraph(s), Closing
Painting title and artist - Body paragraph 2
Reading Minutes and Journaling
Homework -
Be ready to type formal letter from your draft and edit in the LRC on Wednesday
Final Letter of Recommendation due Thursday, September 9 - with all the assignment page, drafts, and gold packet in your Writing Folder
Wednesday, September 8
Review Purposes of 3 body paragraphs - Opening, Body paragraph(s), Closing
Period 2 - Collect gold sheets
Addition transitions
Homework -
Finish typed draft of revised body paragraphs, with specific details and transitions
Final Letter of Recommendation due Friday - with all the assignment page, drafts, and gold packet in your Writing Folder
Period 5 and 6 - Collect Period 6 gold sheets
Review formal letter format - Mrs. Rogers' address information
Evaluation page
Homework-
Finish revising, editing, and proofreading your draft out loud!!!
Final Letter of Recommendation due - with all the assignment page, drafts, and gold packet in your Writing Folder
LRC Period 2 - 202 Lab Period 5 - 200C Period 6 - 202 Lab
Have Business Letter format page in front of you!
Thursday, September 9
Period 2 -
Formal Letter format - Mrs. Rogers' address information
From the Native Americans to the Puritans - textbook notes
Homework -
Read Of Plymouth Plantation, textbook pages 100-106.
Find the 7 references to God or the Bible. (Pay attention also to margin notes). Write down as much of the sentence as you need to explain why the reference is significant to the reading.
Wednesday, September 15
The Puritans - Selected textbook notes
Jonathan Edwards, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," textbook pages 118-125.
In the first column on the Personal Writing Assessment page, make a check for any error that is marked on your essay (Final Letter of Recommendation). Keep the Personal Writing Assessment in your Writing Folder.
Crucible - Class reading continues from p. 149 - Conflict development
Notes on Hale paragraphs - p. 151-153
Homework- Get all September Reading Journals together and stapled. Double-check that each entry is labeled with the date and pages read, capital letters for all names, and punctuation for titles.
Crucible film for students who have completed the homework
Homework - Free Homecoming bonus! No homework!
Week of October 4, 2010
Monday, October 4
End of Act I - from top of column 1, p. 154-158
Literary Analysis, p. 159 - #7 - How do the following characters feel about the existence of witches? Abigail Williams, John Proctor, Rev. Parris, Rev. Hale, Rebecca Nurse, and the Putnams
Homework -
Choose 5 quotes from anywhere in Act I, and explain their significance to the whole act (not just to the conversation).
Homework - Write a 1-page explanation on the turning points of the 3 main external conflicts (p. 188-189), according to instructions on "Supporting Your Writing with Author's Details."
Friday, October 15
Crucible, p. 190-194 - Character readings
Homework - Paragraph Essay: What does John Proctor Stand to Lose?"
Think about the internal conflict that John Proctor is struggling with in Act III.
While organizing your thoughts, think about some possibilities: Elizabeth, Abigail, Giles and Francis, Rebecca, Hale, Danforth, all of the townspeople.
Using specific details, discuss the consequences if he confesses as well as the consequences if he doesn't.
Edit, proofread out loud, and spellcheck.
Week of October 18, 2010
Due Thursday, October 21: Course Binders, Notebooks, Folders, Planners
Everything we have done all quarter - classnotes, handouts, tests, quizzes, planner assignments
All papers with holes on the binder rings. All ofher papers in your folder! Classnotes may be in a notebook.
Planner and Binder, etc. are worth a test grade.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Extra! Extra! Read All About It!! - Contractions, Capital letters!
Homework - List all 40 contractions on a piece of looseleaf paper. Next to each one, write out the full words that the contraction represents.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Reading and Journaling
Crucible, Act III - Character Readings
List all 15 kinds of common nouns that are listed on the "No More Contractions" handout on a piece of looseleaf paper. Next to each one, write 2 specific examples of words that require capital letters.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Act III
Homework -
Read pages 188-189. Using the information on those 2 pages, write 1 paragraph that explains each sentence below.. Each paragraph should be at least 1/2 page of informative and explanation.
Explain how Abigail handles the 2 times when the judge almost finds out that she is lying.
Explain why Proctor's speech (lines 874-878) is so significant to what is happening.
Binder, Notebook, Folder, Planner Due
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Reading and Journaling - Planners graded
Test Review - Examples of test items
Turn in Binder, Notebook, Folder
Homework -
Study your 2 looseleaf lists, classnotes, and "No More Contractions" handout for a quiz.
Write two informative paragraphs with textual evidence that answer the following questions:
How does Elizabeth's lie on page 190 lie change everything?
How does Mary Warren's lie on p. 194 change everything?
Friday, October 22, 2010
Punctuation Test - No More Contractions, Capital letters
Crucible
Week of October 25, 2010
Monday, October 25
Crucible, Act IV - Listen to the act from McDougal-Littel text audio
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Homework - Crucible, Act IV worksheet questions for the first 1/2 of Act IV (p. 196 - 205)
Tuesday, October 26,
Pre-PLAN, Pre-ACT Testing
Wednesday, October 27
Finish listening to Act IV and discuss
Writing in Cycles - Statement, Explanation, Example (quote or specific moment), Explanation of Example's Relevance
Homework -
Period 2 - Textbook p. 209, #4 - Infer Character Motives: Explain why each of the following characters wants John and other prisoners to confess. Support your answer with evidence. Write at least one informative cycle (check for all 4 parts) for each character.
Danforth
Parris
Hale
Periods 5 and 6 - Complete the "Last Scenes of Act IV" worksheet questions.
Homework - Decide which essay prompt on the Essay Preparation page you will select for your essay. Then list your THREE specific observations, reasons, or characters on p. 1
Subordinate Conjunctions - The Big Seven - if, though, when, as, since, while, because
Crucible film
Homework - Memorize the 14 main coordinate and subordinate conjunctions for Tuesday, Spelling and Extra Credit subordinate conjunctions memorize (if desired) for Wednesday
Tuesday, November 9
Great Conjunction Challenge - 14-point quiz
Reading/Journals
Fragments vs. Independent Clauses
Homework -
Memorize Extra Credit subordinate conjunctions.(optional)
ACT Topic Inventory - ACT book, p. 26-27. Using pages 28-31, mark answers right or wrong.
Wednesday, November 10
Highlight problem spots on p. 26-27
Put Checks on Study Guide, p. 34
Sentences, Clauses, and Phrases - ACT book, p. 33 highlighting
Examine the "16 Basic Tenets of Transcendentalism" in the Transcendentalism packet. Select any 4 tenets that you would like to use as main points in your//Transcendentalism handout.dec10.doc//essay.
Homework - Follow the Transcendentalism Essay assignment page: Review classnotes, textbook notes, and transcendentalism worksheets to review the basic ideas of transcendentalism we covered earlier in the unit. Do not continue until you have done so. Write a 3-4 sentence description of each tenet as Emerson or Thoreau would explain it.
Tuesday, January 4
LRC - Naviance presentation by Guidance Department
Homework - Follow the Transcendentalism Essay assignment page:
Highlight details from all dialectical journals, blue squares, quizzes and free-writing that relate McCandless to your Tenet I. Include at least 2 specific examples.
Find informative details for 5 bullets that you can use to build your first paragraph about Tenet !.
Wednesday, January 5
LRC to type Paragraph 1 about Tenet I. (Students who are not ready will remain in the classroom to catch up).
Start paragraph with the explanation of Tenet 1. Then build the rest of the paragraph with the bullets you obtained from highlighting in dialectical journals, blue squares, quizzes and free-writing. Turn in paragraph 1 by the end of the period.
Homework -
Finish paragraph 1 about Tenet I if not already done so.
Tenet II - Repeat the process for Tenet I. Highlight details from all dialectical journals, blue squares, quizzes and free-writing that relate McCandless to your Tenet II. Include at least 2 specific examples.
Find informative details for 5 bullets that you can use to build your second paragraph about Tenet II.
Thursday, January 6
LRC to type Paragraph 2 about Tenet II. (Students who are not ready will remain in the classroom to catch up).
Start paragraph with the explanation of Tenet II. Then build the rest of the paragraph with the bullets you obtained from highlighting in dialectical journals, blue squares, quizzes and free-writing. Turn in paragraph 2 by the end of the period.
Homework -
Finish paragraph 2 about Tenet II if not already done so.
Tenet III - Repeat the process for Tenet III.
Highlight details from all dialectical journals, blue squares, quizzes and free-writing that relate McCandless to your Tenet III. Include at least 2 specific examples.
Find informative details for 5 bullets that you can use to build your third paragraph about Tenet III.
Friday, January 7
Write Paragraph 3 about Tenet III.
Start paragraph with the explanation of Tenet III. Then build the rest of the paragraph with the bullets you obtained from highlighting in dialectical journals, blue squares, quizzes and free-writing. Have paragraph 3 checked by the end of the period.
Homework -
Repeat the process for Tenet IV - Highlight details from all dialectical journals, blue squares, quizzes and free-writing that relate McCandless to yourTenet IV.
Include at least 2 specific examples.Find informative details for 5 bullets that you can use to build your third paragraph about Tenet IV.
Type paragraph 3 and 4.On Monday, turn in Rough Draft 1 - all 4 paragraphs, proofread, spellchecked.
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Week of January 10, 2011
*All notebooks/folders/binders and planners should be brought back to class for the grade double-check on Tuesday, January 11. If they aren't in class, you can't re-check it. Planners will also be graded this week.
Homework - From classnotes, the ideas generated in class, and the Introduction and Conclusion triangles, type your intro and conclusion to turn in on Tuesday.
Front - Use classnotes to fill out p. 1 (or consult any online source for Pronouns and Antecedents)
Back - Testing each pronoun separately, decide if a pronoun is incorrect. If so, cross it out and write the correct one above it.
Tuesday, January 25
Reading Minutes
Pronoun Review
Double-check homework's Pronoun and Antecedent worksheet [using transparency]
ACT review book - highlight the Subjective, Objective, and Possessive pronouns on p. 58
Pocket Manual - highlight the Subjective, Objective, and Possessive Pronouns on p. 36. Study the bottom of p. 36 "Compound Word Groups" for a review of how to test for the correct pronoun.
Homework - For each of the listed Compound Word Groups, write 1 sentence that uses the phrases correctly.
From any newspaper or magazine, copy sentences that have 5 subjective and 5 objective pronouns in them. More than one pronoun may be in each sentence, but you will still end up with 5 and 5. Label each subjective and objective pronoun.
Study classnotes, ACT and Manual pages, and pronoun homework worksheets for Friday's quiz
Practice listing the Subjective and Objective pronouns from memory.
Thursday, January 27
Reading Minutes and Journaling
Materials list for Second Semester. Materials check on Tuesday, February 1.
Study classnotes, definitions, mnemonic device, memorize subjective and objective pronouns, ACT and Manual pages, and pronoun homework worksheets for Friday's quiz
English 3 - Past Assignments
Scroll down for most recent dates.Week of August 25, 2010
Wednesday, August 25- Materials List
- General Announcement - Cellphones will not be tolerated during classtime. Please turn all cellphones OFF!
- 5 Steps of Critical Thinking - Objectives Day 1
How is Your Critical Thinking Coming Along? slides 1-20Thursday, August 26
- 5 Steps of Critical Thinking - Objectives Day 2
How is Your Critical Thinking Coming Along? slides 21-38Friday, August 27
- Quiz - List and explain the 5 Steps of Critical Thinking
- Bookroom to get Literature, English 2 textbook
- 5 Steps of Critical Thinking - Objectives Day 3
How is Your Critical Thinking Coming Along? slides 39-50Week of August 30, 2010
Monday, August 30Tuesday, August 31
Wednesday, September 1
Thursday, September 2
Friday, September 3 Teacher Institute Day - No School for Students
Week of September 6
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Monday, September 6 Labor Day - No SchoolTuesday, September 7
- End of Week 2 Gradesheet - signed for 5 Extra Credit points
- Period 2 - Drafting the Body paragraphs of your formal letter
- Review the letter format page
- Painting title and artist - Body paragraph 2
- Attention to specific details
- Reading Minutes and Journaling
- Homework:
- Signed gradesheet for Extra Credit
- Following Critical Thinking chart, write body paragraphs of formal letter of recommendation. Explain each hospital need (evidence), 4 reasons (warrants), and specific examples from the painting for Mrs. Rogers' selection.
- Include transitions, specific details
- Finish draft to type in the LRC on Wednesday
- Periods 5 and 6 -
- Turn in 1st draft of body paragraphs
- The Writing Process - Adding Transitions and Specific Details
- Review formal letter format page - Opening, Body paragraph(s), Closing
- Painting title and artist - Body paragraph 2
- Reading Minutes and Journaling
- Homework -
- Be ready to type formal letter from your draft and edit in the LRC on Wednesday
- Final Letter of Recommendation due Thursday, September 9 - with all the assignment page, drafts, and gold packet in your Writing Folder
Wednesday, September 8- Review Purposes of 3 body paragraphs - Opening, Body paragraph(s), Closing
- Period 2 - Collect gold sheets
- Addition transitions
- Homework -
- Finish typed draft of revised body paragraphs, with specific details and transitions
- Final Letter of Recommendation due Friday - with all the assignment page, drafts, and gold packet in your Writing Folder
- Period 5 and 6 - Collect Period 6 gold sheets
- Review formal letter format - Mrs. Rogers' address information
- Evaluation page
- Homework-
- Finish revising, editing, and proofreading your draft out loud!!!
- Final Letter of Recommendation due - with all the assignment page, drafts, and gold packet in your Writing Folder
- LRC Period 2 - 202 Lab Period 5 - 200C Period 6 - 202 Lab
- Have Business Letter format page in front of you!
Thursday, September 9- Period 2 -
- Formal Letter format - Mrs. Rogers' address information
- Evaluation page and Writing Folders
Critical Thinking Eval page.sep10.doc - Homework -
- Finish revising, editing, and proofreading your draft out loud!!!
- Final Letter of Recommendation due Friday - with all the assignment page, drafts, and gold packet in your Writing Folder
- Period 5 and 6 -
- Writing Folders
- Turn in Final Letter of Recommendation - with all the assignment page, drafts, and gold packet in your Writing Folde
- Reading Minutes and Journaling
- Homework -
- Signed Parent Page
- Critical Thinking - Read and critically think as you answer questions - "With Her Eyes"
Friday, September 10Week of September 13, 2010
Monday, September 13Week of September 13
Monday, September 13- Discuss "First Semester - English 3 "
- Late Slips
- Yearbook Surveys
- Preparation for Crucible - Getting to Know the Puritans
- Homework -
- Have parent or guardian sign blue Parent Page.
Common Questions.First Semester-English 3. with Parent Page.aug10.doc - Answer questions on the yellow handout, "The Early Puritans," using textbook page 98.
Puritans, text p. 99.sep10.doc
Tuesday, September 14- Reading Minutes and Journaling
- From the Native Americans to the Puritans - textbook notes
- Homework -
- Read Of Plymouth Plantation, textbook pages 100-106.
- Find the 7 references to God or the Bible. (Pay attention also to margin notes). Write down as much of the sentence as you need to explain why the reference is significant to the reading.
Wednesday, September 15- The Puritans - Selected textbook notes
- Jonathan Edwards, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," textbook pages 118-125.
- Homework -
- Finish reading "Sinners," p. 120-125. Keep in mind the beliefs that Puritans had towards God.
Sinners...Angry God Worksheet.sep10.doc - Complete the "Jonathan Edwards' "Sinners" worksheet, using the text to find evidence of Jonathan Edwards' main points.
Thursday, September 16- Reading Minutes and Journaling
- Powerpoint - Puritans
THE PURITANS.ppt - Review for Friday's quiz on Early American Writing through the Puritans
- Use classnotes, homework, and the textbook to review
Friday, September 17Week of September 20, 2010
Monday, September 20- Salem Witch Trials, United Streaming (26 min) http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=94d6d3b7-7132-446f-b0d8-784c58cae435 26 min.
- Character map: Crucible
Tuesday, September 21- Reading and Journaling
- Character Maps
- Act I Background
- Homework - Finish Act I Background worksheet started in class, p. 134-137
Act I Background text wksh.sep10.doc
Wednesday, September 22- Act I - Crucible
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- Homework- Read Crucible from p. 134 -141 (line 205) for a Quick Quiz. (Go as far as the Thomas Putnam paragraphs).
Thursday, September 23- Quick Quiz - p. 137-141
- Reading Minutes and Journaling
- Class Comprehension questions and reading for p. 137-141
- Homework - Read Crucible from p. 142-144 (line 372) for a Quick Quiz. (Go as far as the John Proctor paragraphs).
Friday, September 24Week of September 27, 2010
Monday, September 27- Collect Crucible worksheet for Putnam and Proctor paragraphs
- Crucible - Class reading continues from the top of column 2 on p. 145
- Notes on the Rebecca Nurse paragraphs p. 146-147
- Homework - Conflict Development worksheet - p. 148-150
Conflict Development Quotes, p. 147-151.doc
Tuesday, September 28- Reading and Journaling
- Notes on the Rebecca paragraphs - p. 148-149
- Homework - Free Homecoming bonus
Wednesday, September 29- Crucible - Class reading continues from p. 149 - Conflict development
- Notes on Hale paragraphs - p. 151-153
- Homework- Get all September Reading Journals together and stapled. Double-check that each entry is labeled with the date and pages read, capital letters for all names, and punctuation for titles.
Thursday, September 30- Reading Minutes and Journaling
- Crucible - Giles paragraphs p. 155
- Class reading continues from p. 157
Homework - End of Act I worksheet for pages156-158Friday, October 1
- Crucible film for students who have completed the homework
Homework - Free Homecoming bonus! No homework!Week of October 4, 2010
Monday, October 4- End of Act I - from top of column 1, p. 154-158
- Literary Analysis, p. 159 - #7 - How do the following characters feel about the existence of witches? Abigail Williams, John Proctor, Rev. Parris, Rev. Hale, Rebecca Nurse, and the Putnams
- Homework -
- Choose 5 quotes from anywhere in Act I, and explain their significance to the whole act (not just to the conversation).
Tuesday, October 5- Independent Reading Project
- Reading and Journaling
- Book Recommendations?
- Act II - p. 160-165
- Homework -
- Finish p. 160-165
- Column Questions worksheet, p. 162-165
Wednesday, October 6- Crucible - Groups of 3, p. 166-169
- Class Group questions
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- Homework- Individually, complete the critical thinking questions on the Class Groups page.
Thursday, October 7- Reading Minutes and Journaling
- Crucible - p. 170-173
- Homework - Reading for Information worksheet
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Friday, October 8 - Institute Day - No School for StudentsWeek of October 11, 2001
Monday, October 11 - Columbus Day - No School Tuesday, October 12 -
Wednesday, October 13
- Crucible, p. 178-183 - Character readings
- Homework - Write a 1-page explanation on Danforth's attitudes (p. 184-185), according to instructions on "Supporting Your Writing with Author's Details."
Supporting Your Writing with Author's Details.oct10.doc
Thursday, October 14- Reading Minutes and Journaling
- Crucible, p. 186-187 - Character readings
- Homework - Write a 1-page explanation on the turning points of the 3 main external conflicts (p. 188-189), according to instructions on "Supporting Your Writing with Author's Details."
Friday, October 15Week of October 18, 2010
Due Thursday, October 21: Course Binders, Notebooks, Folders, Planners
- All papers with holes on the binder rings. All ofher papers in your folder! Classnotes may be in a notebook.
- Planner and Binder, etc. are worth a test grade.
Monday, October 18, 2010Everything we have done all quarter - classnotes, handouts, tests, quizzes, planner assignments
- Extra! Extra! Read All About It!! - Contractions, Capital letters!
- Continue Crucible - Act II Character ReadingsI
No More Contractions, Capital Letters.oct10.doc - Homework - List all 40 contractions on a piece of looseleaf paper. Next to each one, write out the full words that the contraction represents.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010- Reading and Journaling
- Crucible, Act III - Character Readings
- List all 15 kinds of common nouns that are listed on the "No More Contractions" handout on a piece of looseleaf paper. Next to each one, write 2 specific examples of words that require capital letters.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010- Act III
- Homework -
- Read pages 188-189. Using the information on those 2 pages, write 1 paragraph that explains each sentence below.. Each paragraph should be at least 1/2 page of informative and explanation.
- Explain how Abigail handles the 2 times when the judge almost finds out that she is lying.
- Explain why Proctor's speech (lines 874-878) is so significant to what is happening.
- Binder, Notebook, Folder, Planner Due
Thursday, October 21, 2010- Reading and Journaling - Planners graded
- Test Review - Examples of test items
- Turn in Binder, Notebook, Folder
- Homework -
- Study your 2 looseleaf lists, classnotes, and "No More Contractions" handout for a quiz.
- Write two informative paragraphs with textual evidence that answer the following questions:
- How does Elizabeth's lie on page 190 lie change everything?
- How does Mary Warren's lie on p. 194 change everything?
Friday, October 22, 2010Week of October 25, 2010
Monday, October 25
- Crucible, Act IV - Listen to the act from McDougal-Littel text audio
- classzone.com
- Homework - Crucible, Act IV worksheet questions for the first 1/2 of Act IV (p. 196 - 205)
Tuesday, October 26,- Pre-PLAN, Pre-ACT Testing
Wednesday, October 27- Finish listening to Act IV and discuss
- Writing in Cycles - Statement, Explanation, Example (quote or specific moment), Explanation of Example's Relevance
- Homework -
- Period 2 - Textbook p. 209, #4 - Infer Character Motives: Explain why each of the following characters wants John and other prisoners to confess. Support your answer with evidence. Write at least one informative cycle (check for all 4 parts) for each character.
- Danforth
- Parris
- Hale
- Periods 5 and 6 - Complete the "Last Scenes of Act IV" worksheet questions.
Last Scenes questions.oct10.doc
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Thursday, October 28- Binder/Notebook/Folder double-check
- Period 2 - Double-check 3-cycle short essay for capital letters, contractions, number the 1,2,3,4 parts of each cycle, and proofread.
- Reading and Journaling - Planners graded
Friday, October 29, 2010Week of November 1, 2010
Monday, November 1- Corrections on the "Last Scenes" and "Crucible, Act IV" worksheets for Tuesday quiz
Act IV first half questions.oct10.doc
Last Scenes questions.oct10.doc - Crucible film - Continue to collect details for essay and review
- Homework -
- Quiz on the 2 Act IV worksheets (20 points)
- Get gradesheet signed for 5 Extra Credit points
Tuesday, November 2- Act IV quiz/Reading
- Essay Choices for the Crucible Final Test
Essay prompts for Crucible Final Test.nov10.doc - Crucible film for essay and review
- Homework - Decide which essay prompt on the Essay Preparation page you will select for your essay. Then list your THREE specific observations, reasons, or characters on p. 1
Wednesday, November 3- Crucible test essay planning
- Essay Planning page - [English 2] sample
Essay Planning page - sample.nov10.doc
- Homework - Study all classnotes and worksheets for the Multiple-Choice portion of the Crucible Final Test
Thursday, November 4- Crucible Multiple-Choice portion of Final Test
- Reading Minutes
- Homework - Finalize your pink bulleted essay Planning page for Friday's timed-writing
Friday, November 5Week of November 8, 2010
Monday, November 8- Turn in October Reading Journals
- The Great Conjunction Challenge
- Coordinate Conjunctions - for and nor but or yet so
Great Conjunction Challenge 1-2 sheet - coord and subord.nov10.doc - Subordinate Conjunctions - The Big Seven - if, though, when, as, since, while, because
- Crucible film
- Homework - Memorize the 14 main coordinate and subordinate conjunctions for Tuesday, Spelling and Extra Credit subordinate conjunctions memorize (if desired) for Wednesday
Tuesday, November 9- Great Conjunction Challenge - 14-point quiz
- Reading/Journals
- Fragments vs. Independent Clauses
- Homework -
- Memorize Extra Credit subordinate conjunctions.(optional)
- ACT Topic Inventory - ACT book, p. 26-27. Using pages 28-31, mark answers right or wrong.
Wednesday, November 10- Highlight problem spots on p. 26-27
- Put Checks on Study Guide, p. 34
- Sentences, Clauses, and Phrases - ACT book, p. 33 highlighting
- Types of Fragments - ACT book notes, p. 38-40
Fragments transparencies.mar10.doc - Homework - OWL worksheet - IC or Frag?
Thursday, November 11Week of January 3, 2011
Monday, January 3- Return graded work. Highlight any spelling, proofreading, or capital letter errors.
- Transcendentalism Essay assignment sheet
//Essay Assignment.jan11.doc// - Examine the "16 Basic Tenets of Transcendentalism" in the Transcendentalism packet. Select any 4 tenets that you would like to use as main points in your
//Transcendentalism handout.dec10.doc//essay. - Homework - Follow the Transcendentalism Essay assignment page: Review classnotes, textbook notes, and transcendentalism worksheets to review the basic ideas of transcendentalism we covered earlier in the unit. Do not continue until you have done so. Write a 3-4 sentence description of each tenet as Emerson or Thoreau would explain it.
Tuesday, January 4- LRC - Naviance presentation by Guidance Department
- Homework - Follow the Transcendentalism Essay assignment page:
- Highlight details from all dialectical journals, blue squares, quizzes and free-writing that relate McCandless to your Tenet I. Include at least 2 specific examples.
- Find informative details for 5 bullets that you can use to build your first paragraph about Tenet !.
Wednesday, January 5- LRC to type Paragraph 1 about Tenet I. (Students who are not ready will remain in the classroom to catch up).
- Start paragraph with the explanation of Tenet 1. Then build the rest of the paragraph with the bullets you obtained from highlighting in dialectical journals, blue squares, quizzes and free-writing. Turn in paragraph 1 by the end of the period.
- Homework -
- Finish paragraph 1 about Tenet I if not already done so.
- Tenet II - Repeat the process for Tenet I. Highlight details from all dialectical journals, blue squares, quizzes and free-writing that relate McCandless to your Tenet II. Include at least 2 specific examples.
- Find informative details for 5 bullets that you can use to build your second paragraph about Tenet II.
Thursday, January 6- LRC to type Paragraph 2 about Tenet II. (Students who are not ready will remain in the classroom to catch up).
- Start paragraph with the explanation of Tenet II. Then build the rest of the paragraph with the bullets you obtained from highlighting in dialectical journals, blue squares, quizzes and free-writing. Turn in paragraph 2 by the end of the period.
- Homework -
- Finish paragraph 2 about Tenet II if not already done so.
- Tenet III - Repeat the process for Tenet III.
- Highlight details from all dialectical journals, blue squares, quizzes and free-writing that relate McCandless to your Tenet III. Include at least 2 specific examples.
- Find informative details for 5 bullets that you can use to build your third paragraph about Tenet III.
Friday, January 7Week of January 10, 2011
*All notebooks/folders/binders and planners should be brought back to class for the grade double-check on Tuesday, January 11. If they aren't in class, you can't re-check it. Planners will also be graded this week.
Monday, January 10
Tuesday, January 11
- Independent Reading Projects
- Revising the body paragraphs
- Cycle Editing - Review your body paragraphs so that the structure follows the cycles.
Cycle of Development.jan11.doc- 1. Make your statement. 2. Explain it. 3. Give an example/quote. 4. Explain the example.
- Transitions
- Verb tenses
- Think logically about the order of ideas and examples.
- Homework -
- Revise body paragraphs into 2nd draft.
- Turn in all 20 bullets for body paragraphs
- Transitions, cycle development, logical arrangement of details.
Transitions.jan11.doc
Wednesday, January 12Thursday, January 13
- LRC to edit using the Edit Sheet.
- Continue to refine and peer proofred.
- Homework -
- Evaluation page
- Peer help if time allows
- Transcendentalism essay due with all components by the end of class on Friday.
Friday, January 14Week of January 24, 2011 - First Day of Spring Semester!!
Monday, January 24
- First semester grade sheets
- Binder clean-out
- The Wonderful World of Pronouns!
- Nouns, Pronouns, and Antecedents
- Subjective pronouns for subjects in sentences/Objective pronouns for objects in sentences
- Deciding which pronoun to use
- In compound structures that may cause confusion:
- She and I laughed at him and her.
- Homework - Pronoun and Antecedent worksheet
Pronoun and Antecendent worksheet.jan11.doc
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- Front - Use classnotes to fill out p. 1 (or consult any online source for Pronouns and Antecedents)
- Back - Testing each pronoun separately, decide if a pronoun is incorrect. If so, cross it out and write the correct one above it.
Tuesday, January 25- Reading Minutes
- Pronoun Review
- Double-check homework's Pronoun and Antecedent worksheet [using transparency]
- ACT review book - highlight the Subjective, Objective, and Possessive pronouns on p. 58
- Pocket Manual - highlight the Subjective, Objective, and Possessive Pronouns on p. 36. Study the bottom of p. 36 "Compound Word Groups" for a review of how to test for the correct pronoun.
- Homework - For each of the listed Compound Word Groups, write 1 sentence that uses the phrases correctly.
Using Subj and Obj Pronouns Correctly.jan11.doc
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Wednesday, January 26- Review of Pronouns for Thursday's quiz - Using Subjective and Objective Pronouns Correctly
- PowerPoint
Pronouns - adapted version.jan11.ppt
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- Warriner's, p. 185, Ex. 7 and p. 186, Ex. A
- Homework -
- From any newspaper or magazine, copy sentences that have 5 subjective and 5 objective pronouns in them. More than one pronoun may be in each sentence, but you will still end up with 5 and 5. Label each subjective and objective pronoun.
- Study classnotes, ACT and Manual pages, and pronoun homework worksheets for Friday's quiz
- Practice listing the Subjective and Objective pronouns from memory.
Thursday, January 27